Taiwan’s self-proclaimed Aussie sausage king, Mark Golding has opened a new venture on Bade Road. Mr Sausage’s Kitchen, a bar-cum-restaurant affair, serves eight varieties of ... sausage: chorizo (includes tequila on its ingredient list), boerewors, a Guinness version first concocted for St Patrick’s Day, Lincolnshire, Thai (made with pork, fish sauce, coconut and lemon grass), cheese and wine, Frankfurter and bratwurst.
Bangers and mash is NT$200, for which diners can choose two types of sausage. Other menu items include mince pies (NT$120 each), sausage rolls (NT$50 each), spinach and feta rolls (NT$50 each) and vegetarian platters such as baba ghanoush with homemade bread and vegetables (NT$150).
Frozen sausages are available for takeout, which cost NT$450 per kilo.
On the beverage menu, San Miguel draft is NT$150 for a 500ml stein, and Hunter’s Gold cider is NT$150 a glass.
Golding encourages weird and wonderful requests, which he says he will try his best to make.
Address: 5-1, Alley 4, Ln 12, Bade Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市八德路三段12巷4弄5-1號)
Open: Wednesdays through Saturdays, from 5:30pm to 11pm
Tel: (02) 2579-0396
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